PHILLIES: Halladay officially on disabled list

Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay, right, and Carlos Ruiz wait for the results of a review of a home run by Miami Marlins' Adeiny Hechavarria in the third inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

PHILADELPHIA — Roy Halladay left the Phillies’ game Sunday with his right shoulder and his ERA inflamed. The cooling off period will last at least 15 days.

As strongly implied a day earlier by general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., the Phillies Monday dropped Halladay onto the 15-day disabled list with right-shoulder inflammation. Left-handed pitcher Joe Savery was recalled from Class AAA Lehigh Valley to replace him on the active roster.

The Phillies said Savery would be available for the game Monday in San Francisco.

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Halladay had lasted just 2.1 innings of a 14-2 loss Sunday to the Miami Marlins, allowing nine earned runs. He allowed eight earned runs in his previous start.

Amaro said Sunday that Halladay had received some preliminary medical testing by the Phillies’ staff, but would be examined more thoroughly on the West Coast. According to reports, he will visit Dr. Lewis Yoakam in Los Angeles.

“Clearly, he wasn’t able to pitch to his accustomed level,” Amaro said. “It was pretty apparent after his last two outings. All of a sudden, he was not pitching anywhere near to what we expected of him.”

Savery, a first-round Phillies draft choice in 2009, has had big-league opportunities in each of the last three seasons. In his one Phillies outing this season, he pitched one inning in a 5-0 loss St. Louis, striking out one and walking one.

It is likely that the Phillies will recall a different pitcher to take what would have been Halladay’s scheduled start Friday in Arizona. Tyler Cloyd and Adam Morgan are the leading candidates. The right-handed Cloyd is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA, the left-handed Morgan 1-2 with a 3.89 ERA for the Iron Pigs.

The Phillies were already down one starting pitcher, with John Lannan on the disabled list with a strained left knee.

Halladay, 36, is making $20 million this season. In seven games, he is 2-4 with an 8.65 ERA and a team-high 40 strikeouts. He first started experiencing pain April 23, after a 5-3 loss to the Pirates.

“I started feeling soreness in there,” he said, “and I just wasn’t able to get rid of it.”